The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
FLORIDA.

| break IN the weather during the afternoon.
| FLORIDA.
Joseph Sangaree, of Apalachicola is now
making contracts for the delivery of 1000
| pounds of turtle daily.
The contracting stevedores of Pensacola
held a meeting Tuesday night, and effected
an organization with a membership of
| thirty-two.
At Apalachicola in 1851 town lots were
selling for $40 each, and went begging at
that. In 1887 many of these lots are held
at from 500 to S125.
The Gem City Guards of Palatka are still
| increasing i'll number and efficiency in drill,
and by the time the uniforms for the new
members arrive they will be ready for the
| eHcampment.
Apalachicola's coasting trade has never
been so good any one previous summer since
the war. There are some eight or ten lum-
Der coasters in port at present and quite a
number to arrive.
An agent of an electric light company
was IN De Land last week and held CON
| verSation with some of our business men at
the Putnam House in reference to putting
in plant at this place.
The steamer Georgia brought to Palatl1a
| Tuesday cargo of l, 100 watermelOns from
| Buffalo Bluffs. These melons were shipped
| parties in St Augustine.
There is some talk of second class race
| at Palatka shortly, yachtsmen of this class
being dissatisfied with the race on the
| Fourth of July last Three new boats have
been added to the fleet and a fine race is ex-
| pected.
| Tuesday, at Kupfrian's Park, at Pensa-
cola, during the progression of a colored
| picnic, Robert Foster alias Washington
| ali Na1 a nOlcr how lyp{f 70
Hehas been jailed. The boy is not seriously
| wounded
| The case of E. E, Skipper VS.. L. Lyttle,
both of Barlow, which was heard before
| Judge Mitchell, in Tampa, last week, has
| been brought to close by a decision in
favor of skipper. The amount of the suit
| was $1,000.
At Ap-achicola Mrs. F. j. Egbert has
| purchased from Hon. w. T. Orman the lots
| adjoining the old stand and running back
| from Water street to Commerce street. A
| storehouse will be built upon that part
| facing Commerce street, work TO commence
| soon.
Orlando is to have still another.paper.
| The Broad Are, devoted to the rights and
interests of the colored race, is planned to
appear about Aug. 20, under the auspices of
ChaS. A. Leonard, negro who has been
working in the Progress office for several
months i,ast
| The negro Murray, who did the cutting
in the affray at Orlando on Monday last, APP
| peared before Justice Everett Tuesday
| morning, to answer TO the charge of assault
with intent to kill. Witnesses were on
hand who testified to his guilt, and lie was
remanded to Jail to await the September
| session of the court.
Capt. 7. e. Buchanan, of Jacksonville, has
| for a number of years had in his mind the
| invention of q car pounlinU that would
automatically and that could be used in
coupling with the cars of any road in the
country. He has finally succeeded and the
| invention is spoken Of favorably by the Car
Builders Association of the United States.
| A teachers'institute will be held in Orange
| county this fall or winter Dates and invi-
| tations will be issued hereafter. Prominent
educators from other States, and teachers
from adjoining counties, will be- invited
| Hon. A. j. Russell, Prof. Felkel, Mrs. In
| gram and Others will be present, which
alone assures success, to say nothing of the
able corps of teachers of Orange and ad-
| joining counties.
Q. b. Smith, acting as agent for the
citizens of North City,. suburb of
tract with the American Asphalt Com
| pany of New York to place upon the pres
ent shell road an asphalt pavement l inch
! thick, 20 feet wide through the centre of the
road, and mile in length, commencing inn
mediately at the city gates. The curbstoneS
are to be of concrete
The Lake Weir Fla, correspondent of
the News under date Of August ,, writes as
| follows: Temperature SO Capt. and Mrs
J. l.. Carney left to-day, for trip through
Georgia. }. c. Porter will summer in
| Tennessee and Kentucky. -Janette infant
| daughter of DIR. and Florida Mcnamara,
died yesterday evenng.-Marion county is
| pctitioning the County Commissioners TO
order AN election, in which the people will
vote for or against local option"
Tho damage done by the storm at st.
| Andrews last week is about as follows: l..
| VI. Ware, wharf, suit house and small boats
| $50; Ecker a. son, lumber, Office, TOOLS etc
500; Browns wharf, 500; Humbcrts
wharf, 500; Baptist church, 5000 Alex
ander's wharf and boat $780, Capt. Ander-
sons schooner and boat, $50; saw mill
wharf, logs, etc, 500; Ferguson &
| Bra1in. steamer, 800 or 500: Lutz, house,
| $50: Hnmmond's house, $50; Rodney's
house, $50; Moshcr's house, $50 There
were several minor losses, mostly of small
boats, which it is impossible TO get list of
now.
| AT Warrington great deal of damage
was done by the storm on Tuesday aud
| Wednesday of last week. AT Fort McRae
70 feet Of trestle and 200 feet of railroad
| track was torn away. The schooner Ken
nedy was at the Fort McRae wharf when
the storm came up, dlscharging her cargo Of
rock and had 90 be towsl away or she
would have been broken to pieces by the
storm. A party of ladies and gentlemen
were at Fort Mcliae at the time of the
storm, and they came near having to stay
there all night, AS il was utterly Impossible
for them to get back in the boats which
they went in, so they walked back, "a dis
lance Of about five miles.
Tuesday l.. o. Hendricks, of Middleburg,
found the body Of Engineer Grant Connor